The Guide Raid (3)

The reason Yeon Taeseon saved the Crow Guild Leader was nothing special.
For the Silent Calamity.
Because at least one ‘witness’ needed to be alive.
‘This is a political trick that Han Siyoon often used.’
To kill one side in a gate that only two entered, so that the other side would receive international criticism.
And this time, the target was the Nate Guild.
It was even more fatal because it included two S-ranks.
‘Just the fact that they couldn’t protect an A-rank guild, even with two S-ranks, would make people doubt the existence of Nate, and tarnish the prestige of the Silent Calamity.’
A crack in a Constellation’s prestige was a very big problem.
Because the fame of a Constellation and their contractors was directly linked to the supply of coins.
It would be an even bigger problem if the Crow Guild were to be annihilated.
Because a conspiracy theory would circulate that the Nate Guild had wiped out the Crow Guild.
Considering everything, it was right that one person from the Crow Guild should survive.
‘And if that’s the Guild Leader, even better.’
KWAGWAGWANG!
Darkness poured down like rain, and the pendant in Yeon Taeseon’s arms shone.
It was an A-rank item that unconditionally interfered with dark-attribute attacks.
‘I have to strike that guy’s neck in the meantime…!’
It was then that Yeon Taeseon tried to move.
Crack…
The barrier that was surrounding the two of them began to break.
He knew it wouldn’t last long since it was an A-rank, but this was too fast.
‘Reinforcement due to the Constellation’s blessing!’
Not only the Crow Guild, but the Constellation had also thrown money, no, coins around.
Yeon Taeseon quickly took out another light-attribute item.
Han Siyoon was the most troublesome enemy in the Constellation War, so it was a divine move to have gathered items in preparation for him as a top priority.
But as long as Han Siyoon had control of the space, there weren’t many ways to touch him.
He was that troublesome of an enemy.
But Yeon Taeseon was a Regressor, and he had killed Han Siyoon once before.
Yeon Taeseon took out two shining stilettos from his arms and held them in his hands.
“Crow Guild Leader, don’t move from here.”
With those words, he kicked off the ground.
As soon as he went outside the barrier, the Crow guild members, who had been consumed by darkness, attacked him.
Yeon Taeseon brushed them off.
Endless darkness covered him.
He relied on the light of the stilettos and his own experience to find Han Siyoon’s main body.
‘The biggest weakness of spatial control is that you can’t move.’
Unless a Constellation poured coins into their contractor like water, to the tune of about a million coins, it was unlikely that they could move during spatial control.
Even before the regression, Han Siyoon couldn’t move during spatial control.
So it would be the same now.
Yeon Taeseon’s Starlight Eye moved fiercely.
He searched for the main body, pushing through the darkness that had spread in all directions.
KAANG!
He deflected the dark blade that was aiming for his neck.
Thump! Thump!
The dark hands striking the barrier behind him were fierce.
30 seconds left.
Crack!
The darkness gnawed at the stiletto.
The already fragile Starlight Stiletto cracked.
Woong.
The Starlight Eye rotated.
Tears of blood flowed down.
A human figure was visible through the thick darkness.
Yeon Taeseon thrust his stiletto there, and.
“That’s not it.”
He failed.
‘What…!’
The Starlight Eye, which had been moving to the point of shedding tears of blood, looked at Han Siyoon, who had completely assimilated with the darkness.
Han Siyoon was moving.
Proof that he had received an investment of over a million coins from his Constellation.
It was Yeon Taeseon’s miscalculation.
‘That stingy Constellation spent this many coins.’
A warning bell rang in his head in a short period of time.
This meant that ‘The Crow’s Ruins’ extremely hated the ‘Silent Calamity’ and had targeted her for elimination.
If a Constellation War were to break out, the first Constellation to be eliminated might be the Silent Calamity.
For some reason, a white hair seemed to brush past the corner of his vision.
‘That can’t happen.’
Yeon Taeseon’s heart pounded.
He didn’t know why he was feeling this way himself.
He just had a strong feeling that ‘it shouldn’t be like that’.
Did the Silent Calamity cast a brainwashing spell on him?
No, his mind was clear.
The Silent Calamity was a Constellation who respected the will of her contractors.
This was entirely his own emotion.
Just, if he were to see even a severed finger of the Silent Calamity in Han Siyoon’s hand…
He felt he wouldn’t be able to bear it.
Darkness flew in from all directions towards Yeon Taeseon, whose posture had been thrown off by attacking the wrong place.
It was too late to defend.
Even if he countered, he would be seriously injured.
What if he attacks?
He will succeed.
He knew this choice was irrational.
He had a duty to stop the Constellation War, and if he risked a near-fatal injury to kill just one Han Siyoon, it wouldn’t be a good deal.
But since humans are not creatures that live by calculating gains and losses.
Yeon Taeseon took out a golden longsword from his inventory and thrust it.
“…!”
“Die…!”
Just as the sword began to pierce Han Siyoon’s heart, and the darkness began to pierce Yeon Taeseon’s body.
Yeon Taeseon witnessed a white arm enveloping him.

A few minutes before that, in front of the fork in the road near the boss room.
After a certain amount of situation assessment.
Jiye and Sanho were struggling to analyze the darkness that covered the passage.
The two, who had analyzed briefly but through all possible means, eventually sat down, sweating profusely.
“Pyak?”
“I-it’s impossible.”
Jiye slammed the floor with a frustrated face.
The situation where the answer was ‘impossible’ even with the help of the Hexagram was frustrating.
Sanho, with blood flowing from one eye, also spoke.
“As long as we’re human, we can’t break through this. It’s certain that this is a barrier created by a human’s unique skill, but the mana pattern is too bizarre. You can’t enter unless you’re a being who possesses the power of a Constellation.”
“Does that mean a contract alone is not enough?”
“Unfortunately, yes.”
Cheon Sanho, who had barely come to his senses with Seona’s healing, had his eyes rolling busily.
Glancing at me, it seemed he had something to say.
I went in front of Sanho and put my hands on my hips.
“Pyak.”
‘Speak.’
It was a very stern expression.
Then Sanho, who had been glancing at Sion, sighed deeply and said.
“In this situation, isn’t it only Pion, who is the incarnation of a Constellation, that can enter…”
“Are you saying we should send Pion in alone?”
As expected, Sion glared at Sanho with a fierce face.
I looked at the cave ceiling for a moment, then at the pale Sanho, then at the pissed-off Sion.
“…”
Yes.
I’ve decided.

[Do you want to deactivate minimal mode?]
I deactivated my jellyfish form.
I stood before my contractors for the first time, with my snow-white veil pulled down low.
And I slapped Sion’s cheek.
Slap!
“…”
“…”
“…”
“…”
Everyone fell silent.
Especially Sion, who had been slapped, looked dumbfounded.
“…O Calamity…?”
I wrote in the air.

[If you’re a Guild Leader, act like one.]
Yes, it’s right to block this kind of obsession beforehand.

[Right now, we’re on the verge of being socially buried because of political maneuvering, and if that happens, our future schedule will be in trouble.]
It’s right to be strong.
Even though my heart was pounding as if it would leap out of my mouth, my fingertips were cold, and cold sweat was breaking out.
It’s right to do it in this form.

[Don’t ignore my scenario.]
At those words, Sion looked shocked.

[NO.3 Guild]
The Constellation, Silent Calamity, wishes to build a tower of her own. Establish a guild and rise to the mid-tier rankings.
Success: The Constellation’s Trust, 3000 Coins
Failure: The Constellation’s Disappointment
A long-ago scenario.
But a scenario that was still unresolved remained.
‘And it’s my desire.’
Humans were indeed creatures of desire.
To think that even now that I’ve become a Constellation, I want to complete this scenario.
I pierced through the darkness with my Sun’s Eye.
The Regressor, whom I had acquired through a fair contract, was struggling.
I couldn’t lose him.
There were many reasons.
I couldn’t miss the great opportunity of a Regressor, or I could take revenge on Han Siyoon, who had tried to do something terrible to my contractor inside.
But my true feelings were…
Suddenly, an annoying pair of blue eyes flashed through my mind.

[I’ll go.]
“It’s dangerous.”

[It’ll be more dangerous if you guys go in.]
Who could break through this unique skill that had been excessively blessed by a Constellation?
This unique skill was already beyond the human category.
It was almost like a fragment of a Constellation, a ‘star fragment’.
Even if it was a temporary phenomenon.
Sion gritted his teeth in frustration.
He had trained to show a cool side, but even now, he was powerless.
In the end, he bowed his head.
It was a silent permission.

[I want to eat a souffle pancake when I get back.]
This was my own way of comforting them.
Through the veil, the faces of my contractors flashed by.
A shocked face, a dumbfounded face, a hurt face, an expected face…
There were many reactions, but no one had a face that blamed me.
I was a little comforted by that.

[I’ll be back.]
I jumped into the darkness.
And I hugged and protected Yeon Taeseon, who was on the verge of being pierced through.